Cris

Cris is a writer based in Kerala, churning out stories about people, books, culture and cinema, while she tries her hand at publishing a book of fiction.

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Haaland, the 25-year-old Norwegian striker, has been so much on the internet in the past few weeks that writing anything more about him can seem superfluous.

The Haaland effect: When football goes viral beyond footballSubscriber Only

July 18,2026 15:27:11 PM

The World Cup still creates stars. But in the age of reels, memes and algorithms, footballers are winning millions of fans long before people watch them play

Sat, Jul 18, 2026

Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear explores the present, past, and future.

The chilling, charming mystery of tradwife Natalie Heller Mills in YesteryearSubscriber Only

July 04,2026 15:40:13 PM

Caro Claire Burke's new novel sends an Instagram-famous trad wife back to the 1850s, but the real story is about a woman who never quite finds herself, in any century.

Tue, Jul 07, 2026

In fact, Indian English itself can come out in many different ways depending on which part of the country you are from and what your mother tongue is.

The Accent Olympics: India’s favourite hobby is judging EnglishSubscriber Only

June 18,2026 15:23:26 PM

From Mallu accents to American twangs, India's obsession with how English should sound reveals deeper anxieties about class, aspiration and belonging.

Tue, Jun 23, 2026

Cameron Crowe’s memoir The Uncool will leave you inconsolableSubscriber Only

May 25,2026 12:46:18 PM

Cameron Crowe’s memoir The Uncool will take you inside the world of rock and roll, and the journalist-filmmaker's journey covering Led Zeppelin and other bands on the road

Thu, Jun 04, 2026

Lauren, the author of the novel that inspired the original The Devil Wears Prada in 2006, had based it on her brief experience of working under Anna Wintour at Vogue.

The female boss no longer has to be the Devil that wears PradaSubscriber Only

May 12,2026 15:55:26 PM

Twenty years after The Devil Wears Prada, its sequel reflects a workplace where women leaders are no longer expected to survive through fear, cruelty and impossible standards to be taken seriously.

Fri, May 15, 2026

From Hollywood to Indian politics, even Ryan Gosling and Rahul Gandhi are trying to keep up with Gen Z’s ever-evolving slang.

Ryan Gosling tried. Rahul Gandhi tried. Gen Z slang still won’t translateSubscriber Only

April 25,2026 15:26:13 PM

Today’s internet lingo isn’t just playful - it’s building a code that includes some and shuts others out.

Sat, Apr 25, 2026

The author scribbling a note at Ann Patchett’s bookshop, Parnassus in Nashville; Ann Patchett’s novel Whistler. (Cris/amazon.in)

Ann Patchett’s Whistler review: Fact, fiction, and Three FathersSubscriber Only

April 14,2026 21:14:15 PM

Is Ann Patchett’s new novel 'Whistler' biographical? We explore the connections between her life, her essays, and the unforgettable characters in her latest book.

Fri, May 01, 2026

Handing a toddler a phone to keep them quiet may solve a problem at the moment. But years later, that child may grow up to wonder what it cost them.

Gen Z is nostalgic for a childhood it never hadSubscriber Only

March 16,2026 15:05:51 PM

From poems and essays to YouTube comment sections, young people raised on smartphones are mourning the simple offline childhood their parents once took for granted.

Mon, Mar 16, 2026

A newspaper book review juxtaposed with social media in an AI image

The disappearing books page: How the death of literary coverage affects us allSubscriber Only

March 12,2026 21:09:11 PM

How the slow death of traditional book reviews is changing the way we fall in love with literature, and what fills the void.

Thu, Mar 26, 2026

Meet the father-daughter bands fuelling Gen Z’s love for classic rockSubscriber Only

February 12,2026 17:16:44 PM

Parent-child bands in the alternative music scene are proving that the taste for classic rock is not skipping generations.

Thu, Feb 19, 2026

‘If only there was a Pulitzer Prize for Twitter prose…’: A homage to Literary TwitterSubscriber Only

January 02,2026 14:59:21 PM

If you followed Literary Twitter in its hey days, you'd know of Duchess Goldblatt and the 'kidney gate'. Cris writes about the quiet demise of the literary movement on the micro-blogging site.

Sat, Jan 03, 2026

A Christmas classic that never grows old: Revisiting Home Alone’s magicSubscriber Only

December 25,2025 13:29:33 PM

Nothing says Christmas quite like the 1990s children’s comedy Home Alone. Is it time we saw a reboot?

Mon, Dec 29, 2025

Women celebrities are done with ‘fun’ questions, they are answering backSubscriber Only

November 20,2025 14:48:12 PM

Actor Gouri G Kishan’s response to an inappropriate question from a YouTube vlogger highlights a dual reality: women continue to face sexist, intrusive queries, but they are also pushing back with increasing clarity and confidence.

Thu, Nov 20, 2025

Women’s cricket is winning fans, but there’s yards to go for acceptanceSubscriber Only

October 23,2025 14:51:46 PM

ICC Women's World Cup 2025: The ongoing tournament, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, has beaten all previous records of viewership for women's cricket.

Fri, Oct 31, 2025

'The Diamond-Encrusted Rat Trap,' is a collection of Adil Jussawalla’s Bombay essays.

Caught in the Diamond-Encrusted Rat Trap: Adil Jussawalla’s Bombay still sparklesSubscriber Only

October 08,2025 20:36:17 PM

Adil Jussawalla’s Bombay hums with typewriter clacks and human contradictions, tender, tired, and terribly alive

Fri, Oct 17, 2025

aishwarya lekshmi, ranbir kapoor, rani mukerji

Off the gram: Why more celebrities are choosing to disappear from social mediaSubscriber Only

October 06,2025 17:57:57 PM

The famous have to put themselves out there. It’s an occupational hazard. It can be a win-win situation for both the celebrity and their fans. But sometimes, it doesn’t work as smoothly.

Wed, Oct 08, 2025

Indian audience is ready for female superheroes, Lokah is proofSubscriber Only

September 17,2025 16:31:01 PM

In the past, action sequences involving women would have been viewed through a curtain of incredulity. But that changed in the last decade.

Wed, Sep 17, 2025

It’s not just the accent: Why Janhvi Kapoor’s Param Sundari revives cross-language casting debateSubscriber Only

September 01,2025 16:44:02 PM

Casting other-language actors needn’t be a frowned-upon practice, especially in times that more and more borders are drawn to separate man from man. You only need to write around it.

Fri, Sep 05, 2025